Gov. Bill Lee offers victim-serving agencies $20M in revised budget • Tennessee Lookout
Gov. Bill Lee will include $20 million in the state’s budget for victim-led agencies that have been issuing public pleas for weeks to keep the doors open in the face of sudden cuts in federal grants. Sexual assault centres, domestic violence shelters, and child abuse counseling agencies — many people work with law enforcement to […]
Tennessee victim-serving agencies warn cuts will be ‘catastrophic’ if Gov. Bill Lee fails to act • Tennessee Lookout
With federal funding for crime victims in recent years declining, 35 states across the country have taken action to keep domestic violence shelters open, running sexual assault centres and making them available to child abuse counselors to serve the youngest victims. Tennessee was not one of these states. The looming budget crisis now threatens the […]
